About the book: year / Butler Octavia. Wild Seed. 1980. The work is part of the “Patternist series”. The novel tells the story of the struggle between two immortals, unfolding in the 17th–18th centuries AD. uh... Doro is a telepath who transfers his consciousness from one victim to another. He set out to achieve the emergence of a race of telepaths by crossing people. He is opposed by Eninwu, who is able to change her appearance due to complete control over her body..